Zapatlela (translation: Possessed) is a 1993 Indian Marathi-language horror comedy film directed and produced by Mahesh Kothare. Released in Maharashtra on 16 April 1993, the film stars an ensemble cast of Mahesh Kothare, Laxmikant Berde, Kishori Ambiye, Pooja Pawar, Madhu Kambikar, Ravindra Berde, Jairam Kulkarni, Vijay Chavan, Raghavendra Kadkol, Bipin Varti and Dilip Prabhavalkar in a cameo appearance as well as the voiceover for the puppet Tatya Vinchu. The practical effects involving the puppet Tatya Vinchu in the film were created by Ramdas Padhye, a ventriloquist and puppeteer, and the film was followed by a sequel Zapatlela 2 released 20 years later in 2013 in 3D format. The film is an adaptation of 1988 Hollywood film Child's Play and is dubbed in Hindi as Khilona Bana Khalnayak.